Why Do People Betray Us Again

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.” -George Washington

After losing 2,977 lives one fateful September morning, we realized we left the doors to our country wide open to attack. As a result, we ramped up our security and instituted new programs to combat terrorism to make ourselves invulnerable to similar attacks. But as the government began to develop programs within the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) to prevent such an attack from ever happening again, the government began to infringe on the rights which were laid down in the Constitution by our founding fathers. Although the American government protected its people from another possible attack, the government itself attacked its own people by denying the rights which it formerly recognized.

As depicted by Winston Smith in the novel 1984, by George Orwell, it can be beneficial to society to have a ruling class, such as the government, to help keep order, but when that class becomes too powerful, it becomes corrupt, does everything that it can to remain in power, even if that involves eradicating the privacy of the people or destroying the credibility of the past.

The state of our country, the safety we have come to know as an ingrained American feeling is now gone. The terrifying events that brought down the towers of the World Trade Center, killing thousands of innocent people on September 11, 2001, is a day that will forever be remembered in our history. The hijacking of planes by the acts of terrorist forever changed airport security, the view of turban-wearing Sikhs forever changed how most Americans view them, the fighting of a war in the Middle East for more than a decade, all are changes that we faced and are still facing due to the violent mastermind of Osama Bin Laden. That Tuesday morning, which started off like any other day, leaves us with many lingering questions, many children who

We as the people of this Nation, as well as abroad, need to come to the realize that our freedom from harm is at risk, but there are things we can do to prepare,

In this world there are those who choose to invoke terror in the hearts of others; those who do this are called terrorists. They kill, hurt, or destroy to scare others into doing what they want. This is happening in America; this has happened before, when Ronald Reagan was President, and it was quickly ended when he showed them the true power of America. He scared them into stopping their terrorist activity by showing them who the ‘boss’ was. This doesn’t happen anymore; our presidents are weak and slow to take action, even at the beheading of an American citizen, and this shows terrorists that Americans are losing power when in fact they are not.

The shocking tragedy on September 11, 2001 altered the course of American national security. Prior to the 9/11 attacks, homeland security was rarely debated as a hot topic, even within the small circle of policy elites (Kamarck, 2013, p. 34). The only prior homeland attack on America was Pearl Harbor and this was not on U.S. mainland. Many Americans were shocked that such a tragedy could occur on American soil and they are still shocked to this day. People are still recovering from this tragic event. The government knew that the country’s enemies still posed an enormous threat to the nation’s security. In response to the events that took place on 9/11, the United States Congress passed the USA/Patriot Act, which intensified the surveillance powers held by the federal government through the National Security Agency (NSA) and other federal agencies. This act increased national airport security procedures, metro security in most major U.S. cities, and extended the government’s capacity to spy on citizens.

One way that the abuse of the british government has influenced the type of government the US has is said in this quote“He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” in this quote

Before the attack of 9/11, The United States had not been attacked on its own grounds in nearly two hundred years. This surprise attack prompted changing attitudes and it came in a new generation of policies like the USA patriot act that prioritized national security and defense, often at the expense of civil liberties.

Power; It evades the weak and rewards the strong. But when it gets into the hands of a sick and twisted human, it devastates the lives of all others.There have been many cases where this has happened and it has been catastrophic. For example Hitler and the nazis, Genghis Kahn and his army, Joseph Stalin, and Pol Pot leader Of the Khmer Rouge. These Evil people got their hands on just enough power to do catastrophic damage to millions of people. Incredible amounts of people suffered, but many got free of these evil powers, they had the motivation to get out and survive. In the book Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick,many people, including the main character Arn,stayed motivated to survive by remembering a better life.

A government who has seen the danger of

In line 16, the speaker’s emotional attitude toward loss changes as it becomes evident that the speaker has lost a person, yet they still view loss as a part of

Betray: To expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger. In 2001 the U.S. Government betrayed its citizens by taking part and allowing one of the worst attacks in history to occur on U.S. soil. The terrorist attacks on September 11th didn't only shake the foundation of the extensive twin towers in New York, but also shook the thoughts, emotions, and togetherness of our nation and country. This catastrophe most definitely did some damage to the people who experienced this through family, friends, and themselves, but that doesn't mean it isn't hard enough for those across the continent. Because this horrific attack approached the innocent people of New York and the Pentagon, we shall both, and all, learn from the thoughts and beliefs of my grandmother, Sandi Snowden.

protect and serve the citizens of the United States have instilled fear into the hearts of those that are a part of this great Nation.

Today there is no need to protect ourselves from government take over. We handed them ourselves our lives our education. They control the way we live and raise our children among a lot of other things weather we agree with their input or not.